Japanese Common Toad

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Japanese Common Toad

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. japonicus
Binomial name
Bufo japonicus
Temminck & Schlegel, 1838

The Japanese Common Toad (Bufo japonicus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subarctic forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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